User talk:Gerrit-Jan Berendijk

UK Citizens/Subjects

Regarding this edit:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cory_Doctorow&diff=568440417&oldid=568172363

Please see this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_subject

Particularly:

"On 1 January 1983, upon the coming into force of the British Nationality Act 1981, every Citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies became either a British Citizen, British Dependent Territories Citizen or British Overseas Citizen."

and this:

...It would be incorrect to describe a British citizen as a British subject.

I'd appreciate it if you'd revert your edit.

Thanks.

The King's Speech

Since the FAC for the film didn't work out, should we nominate it for A-class then? Thanks. Guy546^(Talk) 17:22, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Hey, I think it is at that level at least. There was opposition, just not a sufficient consensus that it met FA. For a film article there is a good amount of real cinematic detail there. Go ahead and do it on the talk page, I haven't the heart to nominate it myself, but I'll be there to answer any questions. Go for it! --Ktlynch (talk) 01:03, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

I just did it. Best, --Ktlynch (talk) 13:45, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Copyeditor's Barnstar
	For your work and attention to detail on Atlantis: The Lost Empire, I award you this barnstar. DrNegative (talk) 01:34, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

Thanks very much DrNegative, you've certainly put alot in yourself in that article. Best of luck at FA. --Ktlynch (talk) 11:50, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

--Ktlynch (talk) 18:35, 24 September 2011 (UTC)

THC FAC

Hi there, thanks for your comments on the featured article review, I have replied to your comments as have some other editors and it would be cool if you could respond when you get the chance. cya Coolug (talk) 20:00, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

Just to let you know that a couple of editors have asked that you provide diffs to support your claim that their support for promotion "derives from the disgusting and obscene nature of the article's subject matter". Failing that they'd like you to withdraw the claim as they seem to find it a little rude and insulting. Coolug (talk) 14:10, 24 September 2011 (UTC)

Hi, I saw the responses on FAC, and will respond in kind. I don't know what kind of diff might be possible to support such a claim, I posited it as a possibility, I didn't accuse any individual of it. Be assured that I was not trying to insult anyone, rather surprised that this article had seemed to gather so much support at review compared to other film ones. Best, --Ktlynch (talk) 18:35, 24 September 2011 (UTC)

The Beatles in India ‎

Thanks for your help in copy-editing The Beatles in India. Even 'minor' improvements are worthwhile, and some of yours weren't minor at all. After you edited it I made a few more changes, and moved some sentences for better flow.[1] I hope I haven't ruined it! ;) I'm going to double check some of the references, and will nominate it for FAC soon. Your contributions will help the article qualify.   Will Beback  talk  21:47, 24 September 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Copyeditor's Barnstar
	For your sterling efforts with the BBC One article. Cloudbound (talk) 22:08, 24 September 2011 (UTC)

Update on courses and ambassador needs

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Magnus Olafsson

Hi, thanks for going over the article.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 03:14, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

September barnstars

		Copy Editor's Barnstar
		I award you this Copy Editor's Barnstar for insisting on clear, comprehensible, and grammatically correct articles. This barnstar is awarded to Ktlynch for copy editing articles totalling over 40,000 words during the GOCE September copy edit drive. Thank you very much for your strong efforts!- Dianna (talk)

		Leaderboard Award—5k articles—4th Place (tied)
		This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Ktlynch for copy editing two articles of 5000 words or more during the WP:GOCE September 2011 Backlog Elimination Drive. Thank you so much for your contributions to the project. -- Dianna (talk)

Body of Lies move

Hello, regarding Body of Lies (film), do you think it should be the primary topic? I requested a move a few years ago that did not succeed, but reviewing all the "Body of Lies" articles, it seems that per WP:PRIMARYTOPIC and based on the article traffic statistics, the film is the most sought-for. Let me know if you feel strongly either way or not at all. Erik (talk | contribs) 21:43, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

Hi Erik, thanks for getting in touch. I don't have strong feelings about it, the two titles clearly distinguish the works as they are, but you could be right based on my reading of the policy.

Muchas Gracias

Thank you for your kind words. Perhaps you are getting the last word on the parenthesis issue, which would be a fine place to end it. --Ring Cinema (talk) 15:27, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

De nada, Amigo! I see he retracted it in the end, I don't think it was intended to be overly malicious, the two of them actually have respectable editing histories. Probably just a silly Sunday off-the-cuff jibe. Either way I wouldn't take it to heart. Best, --Ktlynch (talk) 15:54, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

Inception

Your draft is looking good - I only don't know if Origins is really for a Themes section (after all, we need Writing in the production one). Looking forward to further expansions of it! igordebraga ≠ 03:37, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

I was going to rewrite some of Origins and seperate the analytical material from the practical side. "Development" crosses over with the writing stage as I see it. Don't worry for the moment anyway, I'm going to give it a bash now. Best, --Ktlynch (talk) 10:13, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

I also just copy-pasted those sections to have them in my sandbox for reference while drafting. Best, --Ktlynch (talk) 10:35, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Articlehistory errors

FYI, j(wrong action, wrong date, wrong link, no result listed); you can scroll to the bottom of the talk page after updating ah to check for a red-flagged error category-- instructions are at Template:Articlehistory. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 14:00, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

Please view our edits!

Hello Kevin, I am hoping you can look at a page that myself and another University of Toronto classmate made changes to: Private Good. The site first contained very few references, and very little info. We have both made some some positive changes (I hope), but I don't think those that originally made up the page and added changes have the page on their watchlist, so we have gotten no feedback on the discussion page. I was hoping you could provide some! Thanks! SADeGroot (talk) 14:20, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

Future of the US Education Program and the Ambassador Project

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Copy-edit request

Hi, if you have time can you entertain my request to copyedit Connor (Angel)? I've been trying to make the article reach GA status but am doubtful about my prose quality and an experienced editor like you can surly help a lot with other fixes as well. I used a combination of Cordelia Chase and Master Chief (Halo) for MOS purpose and have done some fixes using your linked Automatic peer reviewer. Thanks.September88 (talk) 05:31, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

GA review

Hello Ktlynch, I've been reviewing something for GA, at Talk:De Profundis (letter)/GA1. The history of that article reveals that you've done significant work on that article; the nominator, on the other hand, made only one. If you're interested, I think it won't take much work to pass GA status--please have a look and drop me a line if you like. All the best, and thanks for having worked on it so much, Drmies (talk) 04:29, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Hello, Many thanks for informing me and for your reviewing efforts. I will investigate. Best,--Ktlynch (talk) 13:11, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

GOCE November barnstar

	The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
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King's Speech

Thanks for your message. I had of course forgotten Wikipedia's rule that people who actually know about things aren't allowed to make edits. I'll try to remember in future. Intelligent Mr Toad (talk) 23:23, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

Err, you're welcome; I am not criticising what you wrote--you seem to be well informed on the subject. It's more an issue of finding a criterion for conclusion, the section used to be very long, people wanted to list all sorts of minor details. How do we decide what to include? Wikipedia is a tertiary source, and thus consists essentially of a summary of secondary sources, this is what we do here, no one said it was glamorous. If you want to advance your own critiques and analyses of the film then a blog might be a better place to do it. Best, --Ktlynch (talk) 10:25, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

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Status of GOCE copy edits

Hello Ktlynch. I'm checking through the GOCE requests page to see if everything is up to date, and just wanted to check the status of a couple that are marked by you as "working":

• Thor (film): You marked as working and did some work on it around 8-9 November. I see it's a GA. Can I assume this is completed, and remove it?
• Bicholim conflict: similar question.

Thanks in advance. --Stfg (talk) 17:28, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Oops, I must have fogotten to update their statuses; I'll reread them now and remove them myself. Thanks for letting me know. Best, --Ktlynch (talk) 21:27, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. Please don't remove them yourself at the moment; please would you just mark them as done, because I'm setting up a new archive. Thanks. --Stfg (talk) 22:30, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

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Motifs in the James Bond film series

Hi, It's been some time since any part of the review was undertaken on Motifs in the James Bond film series; I was just wondering when you're going to pick up on this again? Thanks - SchroCat (^ • @) 21:15, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

I'll get back on it asap, I wanted to wait until you had finished making your edits. (Incidentally, thanks for your corrections to my all too often sloppy spelling.) Best, --Ktlynch (talk) 14:44, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Online Ambassador, Spring 2012

Hi, Ktlynch! As you may know, the Wikipedia Education Program has instilled a new set of standards that courses must meet to officially join the program for the semester. As you can see, one of the requirements is that at least one ambassador or professor is a Wikipedian, as this should give students more access to helpful information about contributing to Wikipedia and creating good content. You are listed on the Online Ambassador page; are you still interested in remaining active this semester? Some of these classes will have to remove themselves from the program should they fail to meet these standards, but we would like to ensure that new students are receiving proper support during the editing process. Please let me know if you are still interested in mentoring these students this semester and/or visit the Online Ambassador talk page to select a course that still needs an Online Ambassador. Thank you! JMathewson (WMF) (talk) 00:39, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Charles Dickens' article.

Hi Ktlynch. I'm contacting highly respected literary editors as the Charles Dickens article has been of a low standard for a long period and edits unvetted. The one issue that needs to be dealt with in Talk:Charles_Dickens was one editors sweeping allegations. This subject in particular, has been in dire need of a collaboration and discussion among editors, and not one editors POV, so that consensus on the material is reached on talkpage, and the addition and wording scholarly. Thanks. Harrison 1979 (talk) 16:43, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

Midnight in Paris

Hi. I am assuming from the other comments on your page that you aren't normally as intellectually diffracted as you appear to have been with the convoluted change you made to the film, Midnight in Paris. Can you please change your edit to reflect whatever it was you were 'trying to say'? Thanks and Regards... Stevenmitchell (talk) 15:07, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for taking the time to write; this is what the French might call un message à caractère informatif. I think the article has been changed since in any case. Best, --Ktlynch (talk) 22:19, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Help needed: Jayne Mansfield

A mid-importance article supported by WikiProject Actors and Filmmakers that was reviewed by Version 1.0 Editorial Team and selected for Version 0.7 and subsequent release versions. The article has come a long way from a fan boy mish mash to a fair enough GA. Now is the time to take it to the next level. Currently it's going through another peer review. Serious help is needed to clean up the copy. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE. Aditya^{(talk • contribs)} 10:19, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK

DYK articles must be 1,500 characters long, not 1,500 words. If it was 1,500 words, most of the articles on the DYK nominations page would meet the length criteria. 1,500 words would be around the depth of a GA. See Wikipedia:Did you know/Supplementary guidelines. Could you review the DYK again? Thanks for your time.--SGCM (talk) 06:18, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

Apologies, I misread. The article is ok on length and content then; I gave it a light copyedit. See my comments on the DYK nomination page for tightening up the hook. Best, --Ktlynch (talk) 06:34, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

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Cast in The International

Thanks for the retouch and the explanation. I will be keeping in mind the points you mentioned. By the way I have not been going through the film articles because I became their fans. I just tried to contribute in where it seemed to me that there is something left to be done. Thank you again. M. Tawsif Salam 21:19, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

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Frank Harris

Hiya. Why are you starting up this nationality debate again? Please read my reply to you 2 years ago about what being "British" meant at the time of Harris's birth. It was shorthand for being a citizen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The term does not denote that being born on the island called Great Britain. In the 19th Century all people born in Ireland were British (as indeed were all those born in England, Scotland and Wales). He would have had a British passport. Please refrain from reverting changes on this until you have checked up on the facts.Daisyabigael (talk) 22:07, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Yes, hah! Notice the way Great Britain and Ireland are distinct and separate! Historical and biographical sources do not describe people from this period as "British". Oftentimes they emphaise how the political situation led people to emphasise their Irishness. In short, you are incorrect to state that the United Kingdom and Great Britain are the same thing. Best, --Ktlynch (talk) 09:58, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

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DYK for The Great Stagnation

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re The Great Stagnation GAR

Hi,

Don't worry. I replied on my page that I burned out suddenly. Nothing will happen without you being given plenty of time to respond.

Best wishes, MathewTownsend (talk) 23:14, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

GOCE September 2012 drive wrap-up

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Thanks KT

I am genuinely amazed to learn that Queensberry is the correct spelling. Thank you for correcting me on that.

Mark^Dask 04:54, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

You're welcome. I seem to remember reading over the correct one in books—it took far longer for it to click in my head. Best, --Ktlynch (talk) 11:16, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

re your GAN The Great Stagnation

Hi,

I've started the review and made some comments at Talk:The Great Stagnation/GA1. Overall, I think it's fine but I have some inquiries.

Best wishes, MathewTownsend (talk) 21:26, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

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London Agreement

I think you have misunderstood the decision of the Cour de Cassation (or, perhaps, I misunderstood the purpose of your recent to edit to London Agreement (2000)). See for example these comments on the decision (in French). Cheers --Edcolins (talk) 21:02, 16 March 2013 (UTC)

Hello, Thanks for your message. Only today did I have fear that I may have had misunderstood it. I will recheck the jurisprudence. Best, --Ktlynch (talk) 21:57, 16 March 2013 (UTC)

Keats

Hi Ktlynch, I wondered if I could get your brief thoughts on the John Keats article. I have worked it up, pretty much from scratch. I'm thinking of nominating it for GA if it stands a good chance. Your opinion on this would be appreciated. Cheers. Span (talk) 16:47, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

GOCE copy-edit status of Jafar Panahi

Hi Ktlynch, what is the status of your copy-edit of Jafar Panahi? It has reached the top of the GOCE Request page and I'm wondering whether it should be marked as done or return it to the queue for someone else to work on. I'll probably do the latter if I don't hear from you in a few days. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 04:00, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

Apologies for the delay; I've marked it as finished. --Ktlynch (talk) 22:16, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for updating :-) Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 22:39, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

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Thanks

Hello K. I hope that you are well. Thanks for going through all the edits that someone from Amsterdam made on Wilde's article. I started to go through them last night but got bleary eyed and, since they were still editing, went to bed and figured I would deal with them today. It was a delight to see that you had taken care of things. Cheers. MarnetteD | Talk 15:02, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

Hi MD, great to hear from you too. A couple of his edits were reasonable, but many others were arbitrary: for instance, you had subtly approved the use of "disinterred" by simply adding from/to around it. You deserve your rest! Incidentally, have you seen Borgen (TV series)--it's not British TV though is very popular there when broadcast. Best, --Ktlynch (talk) 15:22, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

No I haven't seen it - but I will keep a look out for it now. Several months ago I found this station on my cable. They have news programs from all over the world during the day. In the evening they feature murder mysteries from several countries in Europe. They have an ad for Borgen. Now they might have shown it already but they repeat things so I will keep my fingers crossed for that. They recently finished the first two seasons of Blood of the Vine and I enjoyed it so much that I bought the DVDs. The episode "Golden Wedding In Sauternes" includes a performance by Dominique Pinon that is one of the best I have seen by any actor. They started Annika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter a couple Saturdays ago and I am enjoying it as well. Thanks for the recommendation. MarnetteD | Talk 16:41, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

Navboxes on author pages

Since you have over 100 edits at Oscar Wilde, you might want to participate in the discussion at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Novels#Derivative_works_and_cultural_references_templates regarding including navigation boxes for adaptations of and related subjects to an authors works on the author's bio page.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 16:41, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

The Importance – sources

Thank you for your note, and for your kind comments about my additions. One is always nervous about adding to an existing article of high quality, and I'm relieved you don't disapprove. As to the sources, I've just checked and every one in the current list of cited sources is referred to in the references, though a few of them are mentioned only once. See, for instance, note 6, which cites ten sources: quite a lot, but right to cite them all, I think, given the statement they're backing up.

As one of the principal contributors to the article would you be interested in seeing it at FAC? I think it's not far short, and I have a few FAs to my name. I don't want to tread on any toes, but I think it would be good to seek promotion to the top level for the article. I have a few helpful additional notes (offline) from another FA contributor which I shall be looking to act on. Best wishes. (And it's Tim, I beg you, not Mr Riley, though how pleasing to see such scrupulous manners, if I may say so.) – Tim riley (talk) 14:11, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

Later: in re removed and now restored section. Did I do that? Probably. So sorry. Incompetence, not malevolence. Tim riley (talk) 14:22, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

Hi Again, and thanks for your sharpish response. I admit to not having studied the reflist carefully, my apologies. I'll take another look. I would be very interested in collaborating on the article to FAC. I've gone to FAC once and was disappointed that the article failed to get consensus; the main complaint was that the film was too recent and thus more was sure to be published. (It's an A-class now). Would you like to start posting some ideas on the article's talkpage? I coming back from a wiki break and feel ready to make a push on some quality content. Finally, you are not at fault regarding the section, the history shows an IP blanked it in May and nobody caught it. Best, Ktlynch (talk) 15:48, 11 August 2013 (UTC)